Posted on 11/12/2016 5:28:26 PM PST by CaptainK
The Republican congressional leadership is seriously considering an unprecedented procedure to guarantee that its and President-elect Donald Trump’s highest priorities are quickly this novel procedure would enact a sizable chunk of the Trump/GOP agenda without opponents having much…or perhaps…any influence on the outcome.
The Republican congressional leadership is seriously considering an unprecedented procedure to guarantee that its and President-elect Donald Trump’s highest priorities are quickly enacted soon after Congress convenes next year.
The key is “reconciliation,” the part of the congressional budget process that allows highly controversial policies to be considered in the Senate without any possibility of them being filibustered.
But reconciliation by itself isn’t the unprecedented procedure; it’s the novel way the leadership plans to use reconciliation: For the first time in the 4-plus decades’ history of the congressional budget process, reconciliation may occur twice in the same year.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Good to know - but wish they would keep their tactics quiet until they actually do it.
Anyone who delays infrastructure project funding needs to go home.
IIRC this is how Obama got us Obamacare.
Turnabout is fair play.
First time in 40 years is not “unheard of.”
Bump
Hey dems, WE WON.
Today we hold the house and Senate. Tomorrow we don’t. Do we want to void the process?
Whatever it takes. If this is the quickest path to get Trumps agenda
jump started, then go for it.
Trump will get more good things for America done in his first 100 days than politicians have for the last 100 years which is really nothing , mostly amnesties, more government , bad trade deals , more loss of freedom , more spending, more regulations , more debt.more 3rd world immigrants,more taxes etc. .that’s true with only a few minor exceptions with Reagan and Ike .But Reagan was fooled into signing an amnesty and never did nothing against Japan’s unfair trade practices which Trump was warning about even then in the 1980’s.
In fact it seems Trump has already got more done in 3 days after getting elected with no power yet.Imagine 8 years of Trump
Actually Trying?
Beautiful.
It’s not really a secret. It was how the Dems did it for Obamacare.
“GOP To Use Previously Unheard Of Tactic To Slam Dunk Trump Agenda”
oh, good grief. budget reconciliation is the EXACT “unheard of” procedure the Dems used to SlamDunk obamacare through on Christmas Eve.
Oh’ this is rich...using the same tactics the libtards use to ram their crap down our throats...
let them squeal...
It’s a bit different, according to the article.
It’s not unprecedented. It is sometimes used by both sides to ram through legislation that can’t pass otherwise like Obamacare.
What has “The Process” done for you?
Please tell us. We would like to know.
But the leadership is considering doing two budget resolutions next year and that would allow two reconciliations to happen.
The difference.
Folks, whatever the process, I want it done in a way the Left cannot come back and emulate later against us.
These new ideas are always some idiot’s brainstorm. We all get gleeful thinking we really accomplished something. Then the Left comes along and does it and we get all pissy about it.
Just do it by the book. We have the numbers. Kick their ass the right way.
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